Design, Fabrication and Economy of Metal Structures

Abstract

Load-carrying engineering structures play an important role in modern indus- try. Buildings, bridges, vehicles, cranes, ships, offshore structures, storage tanks, pipelines, sport stadiums need competitive structural versions. The main requirements for these structures are safety, manufacturability and economy. Safety against different loads such as permanent and variable ac- tions, earthquake, fire is guaranteed by design constraints on stresses, defor- mations, stability, fatigue, while manufacturability is considered by fabrication constraints. Economy is achieved by minimization of a cost function. All